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▪ The root √YRʕ displays an amazing variety of values for which it seems difficult to find a common denominator though the identity of words like yarāʕ, used at the same time for ‘reed, cane’, ‘coward’ and ‘glowworm’, etc. raises suspicion about a possible belonging together. Until now, however, such a belonging together seems hard to prove or reject. For instance, the etymology of ²yarāʕ ‘glowworm, firefly’ (historically attested also ^†²yarāʕaẗ ‘Cicindela; mosquito, gnat’) remains as obscure as that of the homonymous items. The fact that this entry’s ²yarāʕ has cognates in Aram does not help much to sort out things : In addition to ↗¹yarāʕ ‘reed, cane’ (hence also ^†yarāʕaẗ‘reed pipe, clarinet’) and ↗³yarāʕ ‘coward’ we find also ^†yarʕ ‘young calf’ (↗^†YRʕ_4) and ^†yarāʕaẗ ‘ostrich’ (↗^†YRʕ_5). What would the ²yarāʕ ‘glowworm, firefly’ have in common with all these?
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hist

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cogn

▪ DRS 10 (2012) #YRʕ-2 Syr yarrīʕā, Ar yarāʕ ‘ver luisant; sorte de cousin (insecte)’.
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disc

▪ See above, section CONC.
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west

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deriv

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗yariʕa and ↗¹yarāʕ, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√YRʕ.

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